puberulent

[ pyoo-ber-yuh-luhnt, -ber-uh- ]

adjective

, Botany, Zoology.

1. minutely pubescent.

puberulent

/ pjʊˈbɛrjʊlənt /

adjective

1. biology covered with very fine down; finely pubescent

Word History and Origins

Origin of puberulent¹

1860–65; < Latin pūber- ( puberty ) + -ulent

Word History and Origins

Origin of puberulent¹

C19: from Latin pūber

Example Sentences

Stouter and more rigid, leaves of radical shoots thicker, linear, hoary, the cauline puberulent or glabrous, calyx canescent.

From Project Gutenberg

Bark.—On trunks of old trees thick, shallow-channeled, broad-ridged; on stems of young trees and upon branches smooth, greenish; season's shoots at first rusty-scurfy or puberulent, in late autumn becoming smooth and light russet brown.

From Project Gutenberg

Finely puberulent; leaves mostly ovate and acutish with a cordate base, often small; flowers small and mostly cleistogamous.—Sandy or stony shores and islands of Lakes Huron and Superior.

From Project Gutenberg

Much like the last, but the rather larger fronds puberulent beneath with minute jointed hairs and stalked glands; indusium deeply cleft into narrow segments ending in jointed hairs.—Rocky places, Minn., southward and westward.

From Project Gutenberg

Slightly puberulent; leaves bright green both sides and shining, oval, mostly rounded at base, with rougher edges; styles separate to near the base, not exceeding the acute anthers; capsule not stipitate, 10–12´´ long.

From Project Gutenberg